Hair NV Feature of the Day: Betsey Rene

I love hearing other Naturalistas tell their stories...Here's the story of one of my Hair Crushes...

 

Why I decided to go natural?

Well that's a funny story. It kind of happened by accident. Basically, all my life I was relaxed, but I was getting bored with just doing a doobie. I decided to experiment with weaves, which was cool, but my hair is pretty thin so the weave started to break my hair. Once I noticed that... I was like,  "nope not for me!" But I was still bored, so I decided to cut it (Rihanna style) because I was obsessed with her around July 2011. So I chopped it all off and hated it. I literally cried for like 2 hrs after getting it done.

I eventually got use to it and made that style my own! Since I was too scared to get it cut again in fear that I would look crazy, I decided to grow it out. While I was growing it out, I was going back in forth on whether or not I should relax it or braid it or weave it. I started doing some research. I kinda stumbled upon natural hair on YouTube and literally was addicted from that day forward.  I made my decision to go natural in late 2011. I transitioned with braids and protective styling for the most part, until I was more confident to wear my hair out.

My regimen?

Well that has changed from when I first started my natural hair journey. Before I used to co-wash and/or shampoo, deep condition, detangle once every week but now I believe my detangling skills were poor, so I was experiencing more mechanical breakage than actual hair shedding. Now I'm trying to "listen to my hair". I shampoo and deep condition my hair once every two weeks (because my hair doesn't need to be washed as often). I detangled in the shower and section into 6 parts and twist each part after detangling. I am currently using the L.O.C (Leave In, Oil, and Cream or sealant) method for moisturizing (which is amazeballs lol).
That's pretty much it lol. Pretty simple



Favorite Products:

Shampoo: Organix Acai Berry Avocado
Conditioner: Herbal Essence Hello Hydration or Creme of Nature Intensive Conditioning Treatment
Detangling Conditioner: Pantene Relaxed & Natural Conditioner
Leave in's: Kinky-Curly Knot Today or Shea Butter Leave In
Deep conditioner: Naat Brazilian Hair Mask
Oils: coconut, argan, castor, jojoba
Twist-out Styles: Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and Carols Daughter Mimosa Hair Honey

Go-to styles?

High puff (definitely a life saver)
Bantu knots
Twists outs
Flat twists pinned back

 IG: aunaturaleb